Police:Teen broke into friend's house, sought her underwear

Published 12:45 pm, Thursday, November 17, 2011

Kamden M. Potter, 17, is being held on a $40,000 bond on four counts of second-degree burglary of a habitation. He allegedly committed four burglaries at the same residence over a one-month period.

Kamden M. Potter, 17, is being held on a $40,000 bond on four counts of second-degree burglary of a habitation. He allegedly committed four burglaries at the same residence over a one-month period.

Police:Teen broke into friend's house, sought her underwear

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A Midland teen remained in jail Thursday after allegedly breaking into a friend's house and rifling through her underwear drawer.

Kamden Macall Potter, 17, is being held on a $40,000 bond on four counts of second-degree burglary of a habitation.

Midland police detectives were dispatched Tuesday to a home that reported its fourth burglary of a habitation within a month. After the three previous break-ins, the homeowner placed a video camera at the back door of the residence because that is where he believed the burglar was gaining access. The other burglaries took place on Oct. 12, Oct. 19 and Nov. 8, according to Potter's arrest warrant.

After the fourth burglary, the homeowner reviewed the video footage. The tape showed a male entering the residence at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to police reports. The suspect later was identified as Potter.

The reports state that the homeowner's daughter, who also lived at the residence, identified Potter and said he was a friend.

Detectives then went to Potter's house, where his father also was able to positively identify the suspect as his son.

Potter was then transported to the Midland Police Department for a video interview. During the interview, Potter allegedly waived his right to remain silent and confessed to breaking into the residence on four occasions.

Police said Potter told police on video tape that he broke into the daughter's room to masturbate into her underwear, doing so four times. Potter said he stole $53 from the daughter during the second burglary, police said. Potter said that during the third time he entered the house, he stole $150 from the homeowner's son and about $26 from the laundry room, Midland detectives wrote in the warrant for Potter's arrest.

Potter told investigators that he gained entry to the house the first two times through an unlocked back door but used a screwdriver to gain entry to the house on the third instance. He said he cut a hole in the taped windowpane on the back door to gain entry to the residence Tuesday, the warrant said.